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Mount Airy man charged with killing father

Maryland State Police have charged a Carroll County man in his father's death.

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Updated: 6:24 PM EDT Sep 3, 2013

Mount Airy man charged with killing father

Maryland State Police have charged a Carroll County man in his father's death.

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WEBVTT THE VICTIM WAS DEAD HAVING BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE GUNMEN REMAINS AT LARGE. LOWELL MELSER IS LIVE AT THE WESTMINSTER POLICE BARRACKS WITH DETAILS. LOWELL? YES, KATE, MARYLAND STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED JOSEPH PINE WITH MURDERING HIS FATHER AT THEIR MT. AIRY HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AS FAR AS A MOTIVE, POLICE TELLIS IT IS UNCLEAR. THEY DID TELL US IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT MURDER, ONE THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED MULTIPLE NIGHTS. -- KNIVES. IT REALLY WAS A SHOCK. I THINK THEY KNEW THE SUN HAD A PROBLEM, BUT TO WHAT DEGREE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNEW. NEIGHBORS ON THE 700 LOT OF RIVALRY WAY IN MOUTH AIRY -- IN MT. AIRY REACT TO THE TRAGIC CRIME IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICE GOT TO 911 CALLS. ONE THAT AN ALTERCATION WAS TAKING PLACE AND ANOTHER WAS A MAN PLEADING, AND A SECOND 911 CALL FROM 706 WHERE A MAN SAID HE JUST KILLED HIS FATHER. POLICE WOULD ARREST 36-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH PINE, CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS FATHER MICHAEL PINE. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THERE WAS AN ONGOING DOMESTIC ISSUE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON. THEY LIVED AT THE HOME TOGETHER. POLICE BELIEVE THAT SOME ARGUMENT SORTED INSIDE THE HOME AND MADE ITS WAY OUTSIDE. LEAVE IT TO HIM WAS STABBED A NUMBER OF TIMES -- THEVICTIM WAS --THE VICTIM WAS STABBED A NUMBER OF TIMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME. WEAPONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ASSAULT WERE FOUND BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME. JOSEPH PINE TEXTED HIS EX- GIRLFRIEND SAYING " WELL, I DID WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO. I KILLED DAD. NOW I THINK I WILL KILL MYSELF." HE WAS TAKEN TO JAIL. NEIGHBORS ARE LEFT WONDERING WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES COULD HAVE LED TO SUCH A VIOLENT ACT. IT IS TRAGIC. IT'S EXTREMELY TRAGIC. WE LIVE IN A NICE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I JUST REAL THANKFUL -- I JUST FEEL FOR THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR AND THE FAMILY. THE SUSPECT'S MOTHER DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND POLICE HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED OUT FOR ANY DOMESTIC REASON. THERE WAS A 911 HANGUP CALL LAST FEBRUARY.

Mount Airy man charged with killing father

Maryland State Police have charged a Carroll County man in his father's death.